Talk:United/Zyklon B Zombie

Parody?

I inserted an "apparently" in the claim that the songs are both parodies; "United" pretty much invented synth pop in England, there are hardly any precursors it could parody, but it shaped much of what happened afterwards, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Human League. And "Zyklon B Zombie" is based on Velvet Undergrounds "I heard her call my name". If I had any references for any of this, I'd change the article, but this is stuff I've read and heard twenty years ago. I bet the claim that the songs are parodies is something Genesis said in an interview around the mid-nineties, when some people thought comedy would be the new rock'n'roll. I bet he'd say the songs were intended seriously if you asked him today. He's a great interviewee, a true artist and he's always made good records, but he's also a con man! So there are many stories about what his songs really mean, and they can't all be true. Juryen (talk) 05:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

In the liner notes for the CD edition of The Second Annual Report Of Throbbing Gristle, it does indeed say that 'Zyklon B Zombie' is based on 'I Heard Her Call My Name'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.0.204.139 (talk) 19:35, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Endless Rain and Train

"A third pressing was in white vinyl (1000 copies) and clear vinyl (1000 copies) and features around two minutes of rain and train sounds at the end of side two."

The one that I have doesn't have a 'lead-out' groove that takes the tonearm towards the center of the record. The last groove just loops into itself. If you have a manual turntable the tonearm just plays that short segment over and over. (Like side 4 of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music). It's infinite. 98.225.251.109 (talk) 03:57, 12 May 2009 (UTC)